“I’ll take the first attack, draw.”
Niu Wei drew five cards from his deck, then drew one more, and broke into a satisfied smile.
Yu Xuan watched his actions, sighing inwardly. How wonderful it was to be able to draw cards on the first turn.
Before his transmigration, the duel had progressed quite rapidly.
Therefore, in later duel rules, in order to balance the advantages of the first turn and the disadvantages of the second turn, the first turn player could not draw cards.
Yu Xuan, who had already adapted to the new rules, naturally felt a little uncomfortable returning to play under the traditional rules.
“I summon Stone Dragon, in Defense Position!”
Niu Wei slammed a monster card onto the table, and the virtual image instantly came to life, the 3D image technology activated.
A monster covered its mouth, a pale yellow color all over, seemingly made of mud and stone, clearly appeared on the field. It was more like a lizard than a dragon.
Stone Dragon, ATK: 200 DEF: 2000.
Effect: As long as this card exists on the field in face-up position, the opponent cannot target other face-up Dragon-type monsters as targets for attacks.
“That’s it, my turn ends.”
Niu Wei immediately ended his turn, a confident smile on his face.
A four-star monster, not even a backrow, the early game of Yu-Gi-Oh! is so pure.
Yu Xuan thought to himself, before his transmigration, if he didn’t fill the field with monsters in a single turn, that was considered a failure.
A starting hand like Niu Wei’s, if Yu Xuan was still using his ace deck, the opponent wouldn’t survive until his next turn.
“My turn, draw.”
Yu Xuan cleared his mind, focused his attention, and drew a card from his deck.
He looked at the six cards in his hand, considered for a moment, then slammed a card onto the table.
“I summon Three-Eyed Monster!”
Yu Xuan placed Three-Eyed Monster on his field. Right now, monsters could still be summoned directly in Defense Position, unlike later rules where normally summoned monsters could only be placed face-down.
The virtual image instantly came to life, and Three-Eyed Monster’s image appeared above the card, its body round and chubby, with thick hair, three bright eyes, and short limbs. It had a strange sense of cuteness.
Three-Eyed Monster, ATK: 1000 DEF: 600.
“Hmph, I thought you were strong, but you just summoned a weak monster with only 1000 ATK and only 600 DEF. What good is that?”
Niu Wei saw the lone Three-Eyed Monster on Yu Xuan’s field, relaxed, thinking that the opponent was nothing special, and his tone became more dismissive.
Weak?
Although Three-Eyed Monster looks similar to Kuriboh, with a kind of innocent cuteness, it is a character that once went into the Forbidden & Restricted List along with Angel of Zera, Pot of Greed, etc., it’s a powerful monster.
Three-Eyed Monster, like “Black Forest Witch,” has a powerful effect that can retrieve monsters in large quantities.
It is known as one of the professional monster retrievers among players, and it is known as an essential monster along with Black Forest Witch.
Many key monsters in various decks can be pulled using it.
Because this card’s effect is too strong, it was once restricted and even forbidden. It wasn’t until it castrated itself that it finally stepped out of the Forbidden & Restricted List.
“I’ll set three cards, end of turn.”
However, Yu Xuan’s current hand really couldn’t get rid of the Stone Dragon on the opponent’s field, which had a DEF of 2000.
The duel is currently in a state of you summon one, I summon one, and we all wait for the Upper Level.
And Summoned Skull hasn’t been drawn, and Yu Xuan has no way to expand further.
“My turn, let me show you my impenetrable defense!”
Niu Wei drew a card, then placed a Stone Dragon in Attack Position.
At this point, Niu Wei already had two Stone Dragons on the field.
“Based on the effect of Stone Dragon, as long as it’s on the field, you cannot target other Dragon-type monsters as targets for attacks, and I have two Stone Dragons on the field, so your attacks are completely locked, hahaha!”
Niu Wei laughed arrogantly.
Yu Xuan’s heart skipped a beat, he thought to himself that Niu Wei had some skills, he actually knew how to use monster effects in this way.
A Stone Dragon on its own is just a 2000 DEF, a meat shield that can draw fire.
But two on the field, the opponent will be unable to declare an attack because they cannot target.
“Not bad, it’s indeed a very effective defense, but you choose to attack with your Stone Dragons, so there must be a way to deal with the monster on my field?”
Yu Xuan said, tempting him.
Niu Wei’s tactics indeed had something that caught the eye, but it wasn’t enough to make him feel threatened.
He just couldn’t use his monsters to attack, but there are more ways than attacking to get rid of a monster on the field.
“I didn’t expect you to see through my tactics, but so what, can you stop me?”
Hearing Yu Xuan’s words, Niu Wei froze for a moment, then broke into a confident smile.
“I activate the magic card, Right Hand Shield, Left Hand Sword, this card has the effect of swapping the ATK and DEF of all monsters.”
The magic card activated, the two Stone Dragons on the field roared to the sky, their originally lazy bodies now full of fierce fighting spirit.
Stone Dragon ATK: 200 → 2000
Three-Eyed Monster ATK: 1000 → 600
“I’ll put the defensive Stone Dragon in Attack Position, go, tear the trash on the opponent’s field to shreds!”
Niu Wei roared, the Stone Dragon on the field let out a yelp and spread its fleshy wings high, charging towards Three-Eyed Monster.
Seeing this, Yu Xuan reached for his Spell & Trap zone, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose not to counter at this moment.
The foolish, cute Three-Eyed Monster panicked and tried to run when it saw the attack coming. But just as it turned, it was ripped in half by the swooping Stone Dragon’s claws.
【Yu Xuan, LP 4000 → LP 2600】
“At this moment, the effect of Three-Eyed Monster activates, I can add one monster with 1500 or less ATK from my deck to my hand.”
Right now, the three cards left in Yu Xuan’s hand were Gem-Knight, Lapis Lazuli, Black Forest Witch, and Swamp King.
He chose to add a three-star Normal Monster, Rock Juggernaut, to his hand. This card has 1300 ATK and 2000 DEF, and can be retrieved by Three-Eyed Monster.
On the field, the torn-in-half Three-Eyed Monster did not disappear immediately, there was a card face-down in the middle of its split body, and it flipped over to reveal Rock Juggernaut.
The monsters retrieved by Three-Eyed Monster need to be confirmed by both players before being added to the hand.
And after it is added to the hand, the machine will automatically shuffle the deck, there is no possibility of using this opportunity to change the order of the deck.
“You’re just getting a strong monster now, that’s too slow, the monster that protects you is gone now.”
Niu Wei chuckled darkly and issued a command, “Stone Dragon, direct attack!”